FORA.tv Speaker - Craig Cole

Biography

Executive Director, Five Talents
Before coming to start Five Talents (www.fivetalents.org), Craig spent four years with Food for the Poor, one of the largest relief and development organizations based in the United States. He held several program and fundraising positions while working extensively with churches in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in Haiti.
He has a masterâ€™s degree in economic development from Eastern College, St. Davidâ€™s, Pennsylvania. While there, he worked as a consultant with two non-profit organizations in inner-city Philadelphia. He has a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Iowa and worked for the Daily Herald newspaper (Chicago) for five years. His father and brother are both Episcopal priests. He is married and has two children.